Last night at Buffalo

Luke Schenn was back on the Leafs blue line after being a healthy scratch for three consecutive games and was paired with Garnet Exelby. Jeff Finger, and his team-worst minus-8, was a healthy scratch. Viktor Stalberg's recall meant Rickard Wallin was a healthy scratch at forward.

POWERLESS

The Maple Leafs had an excellent start, checking the Sabres into the ice in the opening 10 minutes. Toronto was up 1-0 and held an 8-0 lead in shots on goal when Tim Connolly registered the first Buffalo shot on goal at 12:40 of the first.

NOT GOOD

Exelby made a feeble attempt to check Thomas Vanek on the Sabres' fifth goal. Vanek used his speed on the outside to burst past Exelby, who stopped and watched as the Buffalo forward beat Jonas Gustavsson with a wraparound.